Local Happenings of 1936 Summer in Douglas County
A sprawling June to December chronicle notes December weather, county relief, farm bureau events, school milestones, court actions, and Kansas University activities. It records floods, heat waves, drought, bridge repairs, bond issues, political races, and cultural events featuring Naismith, TaU Sigma, and multiple performances. Names of towns Lawrence Baldwin Eudora Kansas City frame the era’s civic life with graduations, elections, festivals, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Justice of Peace
A. C. Hess
Reno
George A. Mills
K. E. P. W. W. Davis
K. U. Department of History
Charles Louk
Douglas
Scouts of America
Regents
Bell Memorial Hospital
University of Kansas Hospital
Mud Creek Bridge
U. Symphony
Tau Sigma
Tobacco Road
A. M. Fortney
Kansas City
County Farm Bureau
Guy D. Josserand
State Bureau
Wilson
Baldwin
Douglas County Farm Bureau
Hugh Means
Red Cross
Micfred Watson
Carl Friend
Trudi Schoop
K. U
Cleveland
Mercury
John H. Bell
Wiley Hansam
Sarah Kline
Farm
Lawrence
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
G. M. Kirby
Temperaure
Kanwaka
James Naismith
Santa Fe
Lake View
Lecompton
Water Department
Robert Reese
Alvin Haverty
K. U. School of Medicine
Kaw
Franklin Babcock
Army Industrial College
United Brethren Church
Joss
Ethel Barrymore Colt
Will MecAlearney
West Twenty-Third Street
E. H. Lindley
Lotus D. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Lindley
Olympia
West Coast
Vienna Boys
W. C. Stevens
Department of Botany
K. U. School of Business
Eldon King of
Eudora Bridge
WPA
Kew
R. I. Canuteson
I. F. Eberhart
George March
Second Ward
Hugo T. Wedell
R. B. Stevens
Watkins Hospital
New York
Haskell Institute
Sagan
Missouri
M. H. Huey
Douuglas
Leavenworth
PWA
United Spanish-American War Veterans
Irma Hill Vogel
E. C. Quigley
K. U., Haskell
Lawrence High
Kaw Valley
Sanford Purcell
Pleasant Grove
David Harling
Tonganoxie
Southpark Street
Stevens
American Legion Safety Week
Convention of Kansas Federation of Music Clubs
Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra
K. A
Cal Ward
Resettlement Administration
William E. Sweet
Colorado
Grover Dunn
Arkansas City
Kansas Federation of Music Clubs
American Legion Safety Caravan
Douglas County Red Cross
Josephine Marshall
Pittsburg
Kansas Home Economics Association
University
F. M. Testerman
Peter Emery
Union Lenten
Matie Neely
Arkansas
East Eleventh
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Sherwood Eddy
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Utah
H. J. Penney
Douglas County
Summerfield
Martin Maloney
Missouri Valley
Jack Hamilton
Chicago Civic Opera Company
Carmen
Dee Glade
James R. Topping
Betty Ruth Smith
Wichita
Kansas Teachers of English
R. R. MacGregor
Ft. Hays College
Kansas English Teachers Group
Paul Dengler
Vienna
Watson Library
Veterans of Future Wars
Booth
J. D. Townsend
National Guard
Boyd L. Bryant
School For Water and Sewage Works
Union Pacific
W. H. Johnson
Frank Willey
Alf Landon
Don Hults
Frank Dodds
Neal M. Wherry
Rotary Club
Otto Springer
Charles Qualia
Armory
Frank H. Hodder
Oscar Learnard
Karl Baldwin
Pms&t
Gunnar Mykland
Chapman
Kansas
Glenn Morris
Denver
Fred Vogler
O. W. Warmingham
Boston University
Kansas Council of Christian Education
Aaron Cohen
Emporia
al Green
Pachacamacs
Ruby Fairbairn
Kans Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Ray Ebling
Lawrence Democrats
Don S. Hults
Mildred Etter
Coffeyville
Washburn High School
South Park
R. D. O'Leary
K. U. English
K.U
Harold K. Snider
Chaiman
County Young Republican Club
Kansas City Bridge Company
William Harrs
Philadelphia
University Auditorium
F. H. Olney
Paul Gardner
Nelson Art Gallery
A. J. Anderson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Edwin Franko Goldman
Reserve Officers Association
League of Kansas
Reserve Officers
Sidney Foulston
Samlou Smart
Interlochen
Mich
Samuel S. Baty
Standard Life Association
C. W. Pollom
Merchants Bureau
Boy Scouts
Lone Star
Congregational
Carruth
John V. Lees
Maj
Earle A. Johnson
R.0.t.c
Frank G. Miller
Liberty Memorial High School
Topeka
Haskell
Betty Browning
Wren
W. W. Beatty
The
Indian Service
American College of Surgeons
Frank P. MacLennan
George Marble
Fort Scott
K. U. Journalism Hall of Fame
Tom Collins
Charles F. Bahnmaier
Highway 40
E. C. Buehler
Flory Farm
Elzy Davis
Ban Johnson
KERC
Lawrence Business College
James Wise
Toeka
Memorial Stadium
Alf. M. Landon
J. B. Watkins
Berlin
K. WU
Ethel Ann Jones
K. U. Chemistry Department
Kaw Bridge
Ft. Riley
Dutton Bridge
Williams
London
Harry Woodring
White Way
Massachusetts Street
H. P. Cady
Wdotato
Tingley
Gulf
Southpark
Willard Mayberry
C. J. Posey
C. A. Smart
George C. Shaad
K. U. School of Engineering
California
E. F. Engel
Educational Commission
Alice Williams
Brouth
T. J. Sweeney, Sr
T. J. Sweeney
Martin Miller
Ft. Scott
Mr. Sweeney
E. Schwahn
Highway 59 Association
Landon
G. West
Judith Stapleton
Madrid
F. A. Russell
Mike Bahnmaier
U. P. Streamliner
Peltier
C. H. Ashton
K. Ue
Seattle
Wash
Donald Allen
James Swoyer
Fred Laptad
Russia
Indiana Street
Arch Meinke
Near Linwood
National Guardsmen
C.P.A
Holcom’s Grove
John F. Carmody
John Levi
Ft. Wingate
N. M
CSEP
Clarine Beyer
India School
Douglas County Teachers’ Association
Laighton Melvin
American Legion Post
Gertrude Eakins
A. A. VanSickle
Vance Rucker
Kansas State
Outlook
Edwin Ware Hullinger
E. U
Hermina Zipple
Eudora
Highway 10
National
Big Springs
John Harrell
Dude Anderson
Henry Cullins
Jude Anderson
John Ll. Hunt
New University Y. M. CG. A
Washburn
Harry W. Colmery
National Legion
Esther Courchene
Norman Thomas
Walter Haxman
K. U. University
Marvin Creager
Milwaukee
Will G. West
Lawrence National Bank
R. H. Wagstaff
Matthew Luckiesh
Harry L. Nevin
Lawrence Country Club
Institute of Kansas State Nurses’ Association
Walter Heck
E. MI. Owen
Douglas County Historical Society
Santa Claus
Kansas City Star Company
A A. S. Anderson
County Medical Association
Bernice E. Jones
Kaw River Bridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Eldon King
Lansing
Richard E. Byrd
Lawrence High School
Haskell Stadium
J. T. Constant
K. U. Union
J. W. O'Bryan
Harry Jones
O. P. Barber
J. M. Palmer
Route 2
Lester McCoy
Ts Zong
Walter Schall
Emil Ludwig
Old Ewrads
John Vance
Everett Turner
Nebraska
Alfred Ames
Martin J
Maloney
Kansas Peace Officers’ Association
Midwestern Association of Colleges and Universities
Michigan State
Wide World Photos
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Pearl Johnson
Columbia
Lawrence High Gradsters
Ottawa
American Mathematical Society
Nelson Fb. Horn
Baker
George Conover
Tulsa
Oklo
William Newland
Board of Regents
K. U. Athletic Board
National Band and Orchestra
Urbana
Ill
John M. Phillips
Horton M. Laude
Sons and Daughters of
New England
Lyle Powell
Postoffice
Ie One
T. Constant
ASPWA
Aere Tl
Seymour Packing CO
Candy Hershey
Candy - Heinz
Dunmir Ce’ S
Ginger
Monarch
Campbell
Orn St. Mkt
A. A. Haverty
U.S
Armour’s
Teter’s Grocery
Betain Morton
KLOCK
Texas
Weil
Pillsbury
DERBY
Jayhawk Creamery